Democracy
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Turkey is cracking down on large protests triggered by the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul Mayor and rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish authorities have arrested several journalists at their homes, a media workers’ union said on Monday, amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and main…
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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night declared a state of emergency in Rivers State. Tinubu made the pronouncement in a nationwide broadcast to the nation. The president said he was “greatly disturbed about the political crisis” in the state and accused Governor Siminilayi Fubara of demolishing the State House of Assembly building. Tinubu said having…
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Sowore, convener of #RevolutionNow movement, described Babangida as a “villain” responsible for Nigeria’s democratic setbacks. In an interview with Nigerian Info FM, Sowore decried the fact that Babangida, who annulled the historic June 12, 1993, presidential election, is being honoured instead of facing justice for his actions. He expressed dismay that the former leader, instead of “rotting…
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Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has made his first Cabinet change, switching up a senior minister role. On Wednesday (Feb 19), Prabowo announced that Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister, 69-year-old academic Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, would be replaced by Brian Yuliarto, another academic serving as a deputy rector at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West…
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The inner circle of US President Donald Trump has recently become vocal on Romanian politics, now showing interest in the case of the Tate brothers. First it was US Vice President JD Vance who unexpectedly called out Romania at the Munich Security Conference last weekend for allegedly undermining its democracy by annulling its presidential elections.…
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In the weeks since Donald Trump returned to office, Democrats and legal scholars have warned that he’s provoking a constitutional crisis by trying to expand his power and ignore laws that stand in his way. On Wednesday, the White House had a new response to that. It’s not the president who is causing the problem,…
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Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has raised concerns over the possibility of his arrest and detention. El-Rufai claimed to have heard rumors about his potential arrest but stated that he has no intention of going into exile. In a post on X on Tuesday, the former governor said his adversaries are allegedly trying to…
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Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria’s judiciary is the biggest threat to the nation’s democracy. Atiku made this statement on Monday in Abuja at a national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria. MEZIESBLOG reports that the conference was organized by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Centre LSD, the Centre for Democracy…
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Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of paying opposition leaders N50 million each to undermine Nigeria’s democratic process. Atiku disclosed this at a national conference on strengthening democracy, organized by various civic organizations in Abuja on Monday. He, however, cautioned that Nigeria’s democracy was at risk…
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President Bola Tinubu has justified the removal of fuel subsidy by his administration and labelled it a “necessary” move to secure the country’s future. Tinubu declared an end to the subsidy regime during his swearing-in ceremony in May 2023, leading to a hike in the cost of the essential commodity. There were protests and condemnation of the…
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Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has claimed that those criticizing the reform of President Bola Tinubu were doing that out of jealousy and should be considered as enemies of Nigeria He said this while assuring that the current reform embarked upon by President Tinubu will reposition the economy in good time. Umahi spoke on…
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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he’s hale and hearty even though some people want him to die, MEZIESBLOG reports. Speaking in Osogbo during the inauguration of the Old-Garage/Oke-Fia Road reconstructed by Governor Ademola Adeleke, Obasanjo said those who wanted him dead were spreading rumour of his death in the social media. He said…
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A bit more on the reports that Donald Trump is being investigated for his comments on Liz Cheney last night… Speaking to a local TV station on Friday, Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes has confirmed that her office is looking into the comments. She said Mr Trump might have violated state laws that prohibit death…
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Donald Trump Jr has defended his father’s comments on Liz Cheney last night. Mr Trump said last night that Ms Cheney would not be a “radical war hawk” if she was in a war herself and had guns “trained on her face”. “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her,…
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Good morning Thanks for following our live coverage of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Before we proceed, let’s summarise what happened yesterday. Candidates campaign down to the wire Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris continued campaigning – with the candidates looking to do so right up to election day. The Republican nominee spent his day…
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